Naive beliefs in "sophisticated" subjects: misconceptions about trajectories of objects

Alfonso Caramazza; Michael McCloskey; Bert Green

doi:10.1016/0010-0277(81)90007-X

Naive beliefs in "sophisticated" subjects: misconceptions about trajectories of objects

Alfonso Caramazza, Michael McCloskey, Bert Green

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

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Abstract

University students were asked to solve simple problems about the trajectories of falling objects. A majority of the students revealed a variety of misconceptions about motion. However, the few basic patterns of responses produced by the subjects suggest considerable commonality in the types of naive physical "laws" people develop on the basis of everyday experience with the world.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	117-123
Number of pages	7
Journal	Cognition
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(81)90007-X
State	Published - Apr 1981

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience

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